How to Remove Recently Linked Devices from Windows 11 Mobile Devices Settings

2. In the left-hand sidebar, click Bluetooth🔷 & devices. The page lists your connected devices and related options.
3. In the main window, click Mobile devices. The page shows the Allow this PC to access your mobile devices toggle and a Manage devices button. If you do not see the Mobile devices entry, your Windows 11 build may not include it yet. Run Windows Update🔃 first and check again.

4. Make sure the Allow this PC to access your mobile devices toggle is on. If it is off, Manage devices does not show your phones.
5. Click Manage devices. A list of the smartphones and tablets that are, or have been, connected to your account appears.
6. Find the device you want to remove in the list.
7. Click the toggle switch next to the device name to turn it off. If a remove option is shown, click it to cut the connection entirely.

Depending on your Windows update version, you may need administrative privileges on your user account to make these changes. If the toggle is greyed out, sign in with an administrator account and try again.

That’s it for this step. The old phone is now off or removed in Mobile devices settings. To undo the change, turn the toggle back on or link the phone again.

Step-by-step: How to remove your device from the Phone Link app

Next, remove the phone in the Phone Link app. This stops the old phone from appearing in your PC settings. In Phone Link, you open its settings and choose to unlink or remove the phone. The wording differs a little between Phone Link versions, so look for the closest match to the names below.

1. Open the Start menu, type Phone Link into the search🔍 box, and click the app to open it. The Phone Link window opens.
2. Look in the top corner of the Phone Link window and click the Settings gear icon.
3. From the settings⚙️ options, click My Devices or Devices. The phones linked to your account appear in a list.
4. Find the old phone you want to delete.
5. Click the menu icon next to the device name. It is often three dots, or it may be a Remove button.
6. Select the option to remove or unlink the device. Confirm when the safety message appears. The phone disappears from the list.

That’s it for Phone Link. The old phone no longer appears in the app, and it should stop showing up in your PC settings.

Step-by-step: How to sign out of Link to Windows on your mobile device

Now sign out of Link to Windows on the phone itself. This stops the phone from trying to reconnect to your computer. On the phone, you open settings, find Link to Windows, and sign out or remove the computer. These steps are written for Android. Menu names differ by manufacturer, and the app is built into many Samsung phones.

1. Pick up the phone and unlock the screen.
2. Open the phone’s settings and look for Connected Devices, or search for Link to Windows. Another route is to swipe down from the top of the screen to open the quick settings panel and find the shortcut there.
3. Tap Link to Windows to open its settings page.
4. Tap your Microsoft account email address listed inside the app.
5. Select the option to sign out or remove this computer from your linked devices.
6. For a complete break, press and hold the Link to Windows app icon on the home screen and tap Uninstall. If the app is built into your phone, you may only see a Disable option. Signing out is enough in that case.

That’s it for the phone side. The phone no longer tries to reach this PC, and you can sign in again at any time to relink it.

Step-by-step: How to unpair Bluetooth connections

1. Open the Settings app from the Start menu⊞ or with the Win plus I.

2. Click Bluetooth🔷 & devices in the left menu.
3. Click the Devices section to see everything currently paired with your computer over Bluetooth🔷. If the list looks empty, make sure Bluetooth is turned on at the top of the page.
4. Scroll through the list until you find the old mobile device.
5. Click the three-dot menu button next to the device name.
6. Select Remove device and confirm. This deletes the Bluetooth🔷 pairing between your computer and the phone, and the entry vanishes from the list.

That’s it for Bluetooth. The old phone’s wireless pairing is gone, so it can no longer connect to this PC by Bluetooth.

Cleaning up your Microsoft Account cloud devices

📝Good to KnowLast, clean up your Microsoft account.

Old phones can stay tied to your online profile even after you remove them from the PC. You sign in to the Microsoft devices page in any browser, find the old phone, and remove it. This works from any computer or phone. Not every phone appears here, so if yours is not listed, you can skip this step.

1. Open any web browser and go to the Microsoft account management site at account.microsoft.com/devices.
2. Sign in with the Microsoft account you used to link the phone.
3. Look along the top navigation bar for the Devices tab and click it if the page does not open there already.
4. Find your old phone in the list of registered devices.
5. Click the dropdown menu or the View details link for that phone.
6. Select the option to remove the device and confirm the warning. The phone no longer appears in your account’s device list.

That’s it for your account. The old phone is now cleared from your Microsoft cloud record as well.

Summary

To remove an old phone fully, clear it from four places: your system settings, the Phone Link app, the Bluetooth menu and your Microsoft cloud account. Doing all of them keeps your PC tidy, stops old device names from showing up, and protects your privacy.

If an old name still appears afterward, recheck each place in turn, because one of the four records is still holding it.